"What's wrong with letting him get some money out? I've never seen such a slamming official! ”

"How much do you think you have to save in these two years? And this time, didn't he also rob the money this time? But when you look at his face, you don't know that you think you're ripping his flesh! ”

Zhuang Chengyi scolded all the way out of the palace, turned his head and instructed Wang Ji: "Go back and give him all the budgets that are stuck in the Ministry of Industry, and by the way, add another three percent of the budget for dredging the river this year, and one more batch of money for road repair." In addition, the budget for the establishment of social studies on the part of the Ministry of Rites has also been increased by 10%. ”

Wang Ji cautiously probed: "It's not necessary, right? The official family finally gave some money, let's turn around and spend it like this, isn't this a clear indication of giving the official family eye medicine? ”

"Why is it not necessary? In the past, it was okay to have no money, but now if you have money, you will quickly give it to them. Let me tell you, the Ministry of Industry should spend a lot of money on building roads and bridges, and let them repair it as soon as they have money. There is also sociology, sociology, this is a great thing that is good for the present and the future, and if you don't have money, you can only build two fewer schools, and if you have money, don't build more? ”

Even so, Zhuang Chengyi was still a little upset, and his eyes rolled and a poisonous plan was born: "Is the autumn tax for Jingkang's three years about to be collected?" At that time, the part that should have been put into the internal payment will be reduced by 10%, and the part saved will be divided into 70% of the Ministry of Industry and 30% of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Wang Ji was suddenly a little dumbfounded, and said, "Still reduced?" Jingkang's three-year spring tax has not been paid to the treasury, if you reduce it by another 10%, then you will have to let the treasury be upside down? ”

"Didn't you give the money?"

Zhuang Chengyi snorted and said, "If you don't give it, forget it, anyway, the official forgot!" Besides, the official didn't put a penny in his pocket, and the household department didn't waste a penny from his treasury, so I just gave him some eye medicine, what's wrong? Can those eagle dogs of the Imperial City Division still smash the door of my house in the middle of the night? ”

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Chengyi muttered in a low voice: "This faint gentleman doesn't want to put a copper mine as big as Myanmar, he gave the official eye medicine first!" Let's go, go to Li Xiang and Shen Yushi first. ”

……

"The old puppet is too deceitful!"

Zhuang Chengyi scolded and left, and Zhao Huan was also angry in the palace: "What about the spring tax of Jingkang for three years!" That's nearly a million pieces of money, and he said he would cut it off? ”

"Without this money, what will I do to build a martyr's shrine? Do you want me to go to his household department and ask for money? That old puppet is a Pixiu! Pixiu! His mother! ”

Sitting on the chair angrily, Zhao Huan looked at He Ji again and asked, "Bring the old man's file to me." ”

However, after Zhao Huan read Zhuang Chengyi's file, he was even more angry.

The Imperial City Division didn't catch Zhuang Chengyi's pigtails at all, or Zhuang Chengyi didn't have any braids for the Imperial City Division to catch - this old horseman didn't get a penny into his own pocket except for the money he should take!

Why is there such an anomaly in officialdom!

"Go back and let Shaofu go to build a martyr's shrine."

After rubbing his forehead, Zhao Huan could only resist the urge to drip blood in his heart, and instructed Wuxin: "In addition, let Shaofu build a cemetery in all states and counties?" It is used to bury soldiers who died in battle for the country. In addition to the fact that the local government wants to pay tribute at four o'clock? Maybe ordinary people go to worship. By the way, all the money and materials needed are allocated by the internal funds. ”

After you don't want to bow down? Zhao Huancai then instructed: "Go and invite Li Xiang to see me." ”

Fortunately? Li Gang didn't block Zhao Huan like Zhuang Chengyi, but bowed down with a smile as soon as he saw Zhao Huan and said, "Congratulations to the official family?" Congratulations to the official family. ”

But Zhao Huan became alert.

Li Gang seems to be a righteous gentleman on the surface, but this guy is by no means a pedantic and poor sour who is dead to study? Now when I come up, I smile and laugh all over my face? I guess I didn't hold back any good fart.

Sure enough, after Li Gang sat down, he arched his hand towards Zhao Huan and said, "Minister, there is a copper mine in Burma?" ”

Zhao Huan snorted with a black face? said: "Then the old horseman told you?" Not bad? According to Suyavarman, there are indeed copper mines in Myanmar, but it is difficult to mine and transport. ”

Li Gang snorted, nodded and said, "The official family is angry, when the minister comes?" I have already said Zhuang Butang - after all, my Great Song Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, how can I use such a ridiculous excuse as stepping on my left foot first?

Besides? Even if you don't consider whether the treasury can still support it, you should think about the return of the official expedition? It's time to take a rest, how can we go to Burma again? But? Do you have some ideas? Perhaps it is possible to obtain Burmese copper mines without bloodshed. ”

After all that? Li Gang quietly glanced at Zhao Huan, and seeing that Zhao Huan's face was full of noncommittality, Li Gang said tentatively: "Didn't the official family say before that they would garrison troops in Zhufan Kingdom?" It just took to figure out the location of the copper mines in Myanmar......"

Zhao Huan shook his head and said, "It's not difficult to take the Myanmar copper mine without bloodshed. Even if you don't use the excuse of garrisoning, you can directly ask Burma to rent the place where the copper mine is located, and give him two treasure notes a year as rent. The real challenge is how to get the copper out of the mine. ”

"The official is wise."

First of all, he slapped the dragon's fart lightly, and Li Gang laughed again and said: "Since the official family wants to build the straight road from Yongzhou to Thang Long and Angkor, why can't they build the straight road from Dali to Burma?" ”

"The ministers have already inquired clearly, Burma is also a poor and remote country, and I think that as long as I can manage a few full meals and give a few wages, I can recruit a group of Burmese laborers to build the straight road."

"In this way, the treasury saved money for the purchase of labor, the straight roads were built, and the copper from Burma could be shipped out. If it is still too troublesome, you can also directly mine and smelt in Myanmar, except for the wages paid to the Burmese people, and the rest will be directly cast into copper ingots and then shipped out, won't it be much easier? ”

Then Zhao Huan just looked at Li Gang like this.

It's shameless, huh? The book of sages taught you to be such righteous men and gentlemen?

To Li Gang's disappointment, however, Zhao Huan was not interested in Myanmar's copper mines. Or it's not that he's not interested, but Zhao Huan feels that it's not cost-effective to invest too much energy in Myanmar's copper mines right now-

Is the Yuan Dynasty awesome or not? Is Daming awesome or not?

Both companies have invested heavily in Myanmar's copper mines, but the output is not proportional to the return.

Not to mention that the current technology of the Great Song Dynasty is like that, even if there is Zhao Huan, who is crazy to open the golden finger, there is no way to immediately bring the Great Song into the industrial age.

Instead of focusing on the copper mines of Myanmar now, it is better to put more attention to the Royal Academy - when there are ships that can sail far away, and there are real gold and silver that have been smelted overseas!

Or to put it more bluntly.

When the Jin Kingdom, Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom are completely resolved, it is not too late to go back and slowly clean up those monkeys in the South Seas.